2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs.
Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life.
Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Hope, Hope, Hope!

Hope is an insidious feeling and I'm hesitant to embrace it, but maybe I should.

I just had three very encouraging

conversations with three colleagues, one of which may actually be the chair of the search committee for the position I'm applying to. I have known her for five years thanks to my friendship with a (former) blogger! Small world, right?

I'm taking all the steps to secure good letters of reccommendation and support and I'm getting really excited about this application.

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About Me

I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)